Hundred of Booyoolie
The Hundred of Booyoolie is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia.[1] It is one of the 14 hundreds of the County of Victoria and was proclaimed by Governor James Fergusson in July 1871.
| Hundred of Booyoolie South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 View over Laura, facing east | |||||||||||||||
  Hundred of Booyoolie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.21°S 138.30°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 6 July 1871[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 190 km2 (75 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Northern Areas | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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The hundred includes the towns of Gladstone, Laura and Stone Hut within its bounds. It was named for Booyoolie Station, the homestead for which was located immediately west of the present township of Gladstone.[4] The source of the station name is unclear. It may have been named for an indigenous phrase meaning "boiling up smoke cloud" but this supposed etymology lacks contemporary corroboration. Official sources suggest the name was a settler invention formed from the words "beau ewe lea".[1][4]
Local government
The District Council of Booyoolie was established at Laura in 1876, bringing local government to the entire hundred. Southern parts were severed for the District Council of Yangya (later called Gladstone council) and a small northern portion for the Corporate Town of Laura. The local governance of the township of Laura and its surrounds were recombined into the District Council of Laura in 1932. In 1988, local governance of the hundred was brought back under a single body with the creation of the District Council of Rocky River. Ultimately the hundred became part of the much larger Northern Areas Council in 1997.
References
- "Search result for "Hundred of Booyoolie" with the following datasets selected - 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". SA Location Viewer. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0003141. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Derivation: Booyoolie Station; Other Details: Booyoolie Station was founded by J B Hughes in 1843, and is taken from the Aboriginal name meaning "boiling up of smoke cloud".
- Milne, William (6 July 1871). "PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 982. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "THE HUNDRED OF BOOYOOLIE". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XVIII, no. 927. South Australia. 27 May 1876. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Booyoolie". SA Location Viewer. Government of South Australia. 2 December 2008. SA0060272. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Alterate name: Booyoolee (Homestead); Other details: Name of H.B. Hughes Station, reported by Mrs.Laura Hughes to Mr. Beare as being a corruption of the native name "beau-ewe lea", meaning beautiful sheep pasture (Talbot page 127). There is considerable doubt as to the origin of this name, and it is suggested that it is a "made up" Aboriginal place name.